📗 Libro en inglés AGE OF REMBRANDT IN NEW YORK : DUTCH PAINTINGS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

The Metropolitan Museum’s extraordinary holdings of Dutch paintings include works by Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch, Gerard ter Borch, and others. This lively and accessible account traces the formation of the Metropolitan’s collection from its beginnings in 1871 to the present day. The book discusses the key role of prominent philanthropists Henry G. Marquand, Henry O. and Louisine Havemeyer, Collis Potter and Arabella Huntington, Benjamin Altman, Michael Friedsam, Jules Bache, Robert Lehman, Jack and Belle Linsky, and Frits and Rita Markus.
Esmée Quodbach is research assistant in the Department of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art .